Resolution Adopting Planning Commission Constitution and By-Laws

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KITTITAS COLINTY PLANNING COMMIS SION CONSTITUTION and BY-LAWS In harmony with the general trend for planning for future developments of the State of Washington and its political subdivisions and solely as an advisory body on local public matters, the Kittitas County Planning Commission has been created by the duly constituted legislative authority of Kittitas County, Washington. The commission desires to make surveys of conditions in Kittitas County, Washington which may be benefited by local authority and through counsel and suggestion to assist in future developments of our County. Further, with the encouragement of dialogue on land use planning from county residents, an important purpose of the Kittitas County Planning Commission is the formulation and implementation of the goals and policies of the Comprehensive Plan of Kittitas County, as outlined in RCW 36.70.470.The commission has, therefore, adopted the following for its guidance. l. The official name of this organization shall be Kittitas County Planning Commission. 2. The Office of the commission shall be the Kittitas County Commissioners' Auditorium, 205 West 5ft Avenue, Room 109, and regular meetings shall be held there on the second Tuesday of each month at 6:00 p.m., except on such occasions and at such times as the commission may otherwise direct. 3. Kittitas County Planning Commission shall hold not less than one regular meeting in each month; provided that if no matters over which the planning agency had jurisdiction are pending upon its calendar, a meeting may be canceled. (RCW 36.70.130) Special meetings (with at least 24 hours notice to the public), public hearings, and study sessions with at least seven days notice to the public may be scheduled from time to time at the call of the Chair or upon request of the majority of the commission. 4. Attendance at regtlar and special meetings is expected of all commission members. Any member anticipating absence from a meeting must notify the commission secretary in advance of the meeting. Failure to provide this notification shall result in an unexcused absence. Unexcused absences from two or more regular meetings in any calendar year shall be reported to the Board of County Commissioners for appropriate action. 5. Members of the commission shall be seven in number as appointed by the Board of County Commissioners of Kittitas County, Washington in accordance with RCW 36.70.070. 6. Each County Commissioner district shall be equally represented on the Planning Commission in accordance with RCW 36.70.080. In order to accomplish this equal representation, the Planning Commission shall be made up of two members from Commissioner District l, two members from Commissioner District 2,two members from Commissioner District 3, and one-at large member that shall rotate in sequential order between the three commissioner districts. 7. Planning Commission member terms shall be staggered in accordance with RCW 36.70.090(2). Upon adoption of these bylaws, the existing terms for members of the Planning Commission shall be modified as follows: a. District I members shall serve a two-year and a four-year term. The two-year term shall expire on December 31, 2023 and the four-year term shall expire on December 3l, 2025. I of 3 Kittitas County Planning Commission - Constitution and By-laws